On 3rd November 1817 Ernest Hébert was born.
1833. Ernest Hébert [aged 15]. Self-portrait.
1839. Ernest Hébert [aged 21]. "Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack". The Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix de Rome in 1839 for this biblical composition.
1848 to 1849. Ernest Hébert [aged 30]. "Mal'aria". Exhibited in the Salon of 1850–51, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Painted in a Romantic style, it depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping an epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.
1850. Ernest Hébert [aged 32]. "Ophelia".
On 5th December 1908 Ernest Hébert [aged 91] died.